Tuerk looks on track for start for USC

-- Coach Lane Kiffin wouldn't commit to having freshman Max Tuerk (Santa Margarita High) starting Saturday at Arizona in place of the injured Aundrey Walker, but things sure seem to be trending that way. ''Max took a lot of reps today, just like he did last week and like he did in the game,'' Kiffin said. Tuerk said he was excited about the potential of a start against the Wildcats. There was no update on Walker's injury.

-- Kiffin was oddly coy about whether defensive lineman Leonard Williams had received/might receive any supplemental discipline from the Pac-12 Conference. Williams was ejected from Saturday's game after he threw a punch at a Colorado player, after allegedly being spit at. ''I don't think I'm allowed to say that,'' Kiffin said when asked about a possible suspension for Williams. ''I think that's confidential.'' Kiffin had previously said he thought USC would hear something from the conference on Monday about Williams' status. As of now, the conference has been silent.

-- Tight end Randall Telfer said the high ankle sprain that kept him out of the last two games is much improved and that he's looking forward to getting back into game action. Telfer said he didn't know exactly what role he would fill this week, i.e. whether or not he would start and how much he would play.

-- Cody Kessler wore No. 6 today, three days after his uniform switch-a-roo against Colorado, when he wore No. 35 in the first half and No. 6 in the second half. Kessler said he didn't know, until he arrived at the Coliseum on Saturday, that he would be wearing a different number. Kiffin fairly quickly dismissed a question about the uniform-number deception and said it was ''nothing illegal.''

-- Robert Woods and Marqise Lee held a joint media session. In the first of what figures to be many times, Woods was asked whether he had thought about returning for his senior season or jumping to the NFL after this season. Woods said he hadn't made any decision and that he was ''focused on this year.'' Lee endorsed the idea of Woods returning. ''If he does stay, I'm happy,'' Lee said.

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